yes, mitt romney was in los angeles yesterday raising close to $6 million by some accounts in beverly hills when his wife, ann, was there and you know about the smoke that forced her to have an emergency landing here in denver, and he described it as her choking and rubbing her eyes at one moment, but that is an aside, while in l.a. he was joined by rob portman who has been playing the role of the foe, foe barack obama, and they are trying to inflate the expectations for the opponent and trying to lower their own expectations, but say all sorts of nice things which they don't do very often unless there is a strategic effort going on and saying, well, mitt romney has had dozenbes of debates in the prix mares and he should be excellent and the romney people saying of obama, he the best orator of our time, and we will find out in ten days here in the mile high state. >> and well, the secret service is sweeping the place. thank you, pete, for your work. >> sure. >> right now, we will get some insight into the romney campaign from a republican strategist who is supporting the governor's wh